Have fun and stay safe in Toronto. Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.
…or anyone.
Someone should try to post something on topic.
Haze, great to hear you made it. Where are the pics?
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doggio**, that dog breakfast thing was just ewwww!!! And I think I misled you a little about the coldness. It was in the low 80’s today and the 50’s last night. But I was talking to someone else who said it was freezing last night, so relatively speaking, it’s cold here. The weather’s actually pretty nice here today. But I love the sun.
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Taters**, what color is your hair now?
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gotti**, that looks like lots of fun. Where did you all get the costumes? Did you rent them or did someone make them?
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Mamatigs**, what does it mean to “throw the Kong”?
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VenusProbe**, you need a nickname. And I hope you didn’t run over your glasses also. That sounds dangerous.
puggy, is your pool gonna be the size of the one in the picture? It looks HUGE!
FCM, my grandmother had a sewing machine that looked exactly like that. Hmm, I wonder where it went.
gt, could I [del]steal[/del] borrow some of your energy? Mine seems to have left me and you seem to have an abundance. Wow, you’re doing a lot.
LOUNE, they’re brown. And why are you missing your bank card? And stop picking on SCL. I’m gonna tell swampy and then you’ll be in trouble.
cerberus, I’m not sure if you knew this, but once you post in the MMP, you’re stuck here. . . forever. So welcome to the MMP!
~waving~ to Dotty. I hope you’re having a good morning. I’m still on Monday, so my song tonight reflects my Monday mood.
[Karen Carpenter]Talkin’ to myself and feelin’ old
Sometimes I’d like to quit
Nothing ever seems to fit
Hangin’ around
Nothing to do but frown
Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down.[/Karen Carpenter]
I hope you had a better day than I did today.
Good night all! I’m ready for tomorrow to be here.
A Kong is a dog toy, Heff, made from virtually indestructible rubber – Isaac, being a lab, has a seriously powerful chewing ability and can destroy almost any other toy in moments. A Kong, however, lasts years, literally – we just replaced his not because the old one was chewed up but simply because it disappeared, and we’d been using that one for at least four years. As a retriever, his instinct tells him that his job is to retrieve; he’s not smart enough to realize that he’s actually supposed to retrieve game that’s been shot. So he feels fulfilled when he chases and retrieves his Kong every day. I’ve sat out in the blazing heat or the freezing cold throwing that stupid Kong. But if I don’t, he becomes very antsy and anxious – he has a JOB to do, dammit! 
Dogs are really dumb.
I love Karen Carpenter’s voice. I saw them in concert once when I was visiting a friend, and the Carpenters were playing on their campus. Her voice was even lovelier in person than on recordings. Such a shame to lose her so young. Same with Mama Cass of the Mamas & Papas. I saw them in concert, too, and Mama Cass’s voice was just unbelievable. Another loss, too young.
Wow, now you’ve put me in that “rainy days and Mondays” mood, too! Off to bed, and hopefully tomorrow will be sunny. And, of course, it’ll be Tuesday.
salts LOUNE heavily
“and your little slug, too!”
Oops, sorry!! I didn’t mean to spread it around.
Thanks for the explanation of the Kong. It sounded a little strange from this side without the explanation.
Don’t you mean his little popcorn shrimp, Toby?
And you got some reason to believe I wouldn’t read it and <snerk> when I got home? :dubious: BTW, if there’s a shot of you in those pics, you must tell us which one it is. It’s a rule. I just made it up. So There! 
Only two full packs left??? :eek: Go tomorrow and buy more, young lady. You’ll thank me for this advice.
If’n y’all don’t want the tuna casserole then you’re welcome to go in the kitchen amd make sump’n else! That’s what my mother always said if anybody ever dared to complain about supper.
BBBobbio just for you, tomorrow’s supper is liver and onions, [del]fart blossoms[/del] brussels sprouts and stewed prunes.
Did I mention we got some new equipment installed at work over the weekend? Well, the engineer types that did the installing were there today to see how things were runnin’. I think they did not like me pointin’ out all the problems I kept seein’ and askin’ their ideas for solutions. What? They asked me to observe and tell ‘em! Our team leader (that’s Miller talk for supervisor) got a big kick out of me doin’ this. Like I told her, they want opinions, I got opinions.
Haze glad you made it safe to Toronto. Alabaster bunny glad you made it to Indianapolis in one piece. Be safe travelin’ to da bros place. Do remember to do all those annoyin’ sister type things whilst visitin’. He’d want it that way. Really. Trust me.
Ok children, time for da bear to have a beerverage and then beddy bye. A beerverage would be just the thing to lull me to sleep.
Nitey nite Y’all!
Morning all! It’s Tuesday!!! ::waves to Roo::
Here is your morning song:
[singing]Sing us a song, you’re the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
'Cause we’re all in the mood for a melody
And you’ve got us feeling alright[/singing]
Billy Joel is good, right???
Otherwise, I’ve got some Boomtown Rats in reserve, but I think I might keep that for next week’s MMP!!! 
Well, you guys were busy while I was asleep. And [del]loony[/del]LOUNE, if you’re wondering where your bank card is, try looking in your sock drawer!!! I hid it in there with a couple of bbs2k’s large tropical spiders!!! :snerk:
Wow - I cannot keep up sometimes, but I will try …
Lili, glad to hear the barfing has eased up (fingers crossed you’re done with that now).
Palebunny, I hope the rest of your trip goes smoothly and have fun annoying your bro’.
Haze, enjoy Tronna - sounds like a great trip. I was in Toronto once when I was about 7 years old. My parents lived in BC for 3 years in the 60’s after they first got married, so in 1980, they took all four of us kids back to see Canada and the US. FUN!!!
Pugs, how long 'til the pool is ready for our pool party???
Everyone else, I am blanking on everything, so yays, boos, hugs etc.
Off to wash baby bottles and do some dishes before I drag out the vacuum cleaner and kill some dust bunnies!
Sorry for the double post, but HOLY CRAP!!!
I just spoke to my Mum on the phone (Skype is a wonderful thing, I tell ya!), to schedule a video call between Noor and Grandma and Grandad. Mum tells me Dad is next door at the wake. What wake??? Both the families on either side of my family do not have anyone living there old enough to die (the parents on either side are mid-40’s, with kids ranging in age from 6 to about 15)!
Turns out the mother (aged 45) from Number 5 (my parents are at Number 7) had been suffering from severe migraines and went to the ER to have them checked out. She was diagnosed with 2 brain aneurysms, which she has apparently had since birth. They operated on the first one to remove it (it had swollen, leading to the migraines), and had to wait a few days for the brain swelling to go down before they could remove the second one. Unfortunately, it burst before they could get her back to the OR. So now, there are 5 kids out there without a mother. 
I think we have the very same machine in our respective collections. Dunno about you, but we’ve got the treadle machine on up to a Viking Sapphire 850, plus a serger. Think DH has about a dozen things that could be described as some sort of sewing machine, and that’s after selling or giving away a whole bunch. For a while, our garage was looking like a used sewing machine shop as it was filled with old machines and their stowaway tables.
And a while ago, as I dropped some outgoing mail in the inter-office mail bin, it occurred to me that the FCM on that package probably stands for First Class Mail. It’s just been so long since I’ve referred to it as anything other than “a regular letter” or “Priority Mail” :smack:
We all make our own. There are places that sell pre-made stuff, but the stuff unfortunately looks pre-made and off the rack. Or, the pit that so many new participants fall into is that the ready-made stuff isn’t approvable because it’s really more of a “fantasy” style or the fabric / colors are incorrect.
Faire can be an expensive hobby. The “Noble” costumes would easily be worth a thousand or two each with all of the velvet, brocade, pearls and hand-embroidered “blackwork” in them if someone wanted to go out and buy one or have one made. Those “top hat” style hats they’re wearing would have to sell for about $400 if you wanted to make any money at it - they take many hours to build. Even a basic peasant outfit can run up past $200 in a hurry, and that’s just for pants, shirt, jerkin and a hat and really, really basic boots.
It’s times like these that I wonder about photographing all of our garb, describing it and sending it off to our homeowner’s insurance agent.
Or, as one of my mates in the South Florida Wenches would put it, “look, I got BOOBS!” WIthout the bodice she was in no need of a bra. I haven’t worn my costume for ages, but I love its effect. And unlike a push-up bra, I actually find it quite comfy. Now imagine what it did for this other wench who was the curviest, most luscious woman I’ve ever seen… after the first year, our Captain asked her to please wear the bodice at training periods for a few weeks before events, to give new guys time to get more-or-less accustomed. She kept her dagger’s sheath in her cleavage and claimed she’d date any guy who was able to unsheathe it with his teeth. In private she said she intended to jump the bones of any guy who had the balls to merely try, but you know, a girl can’t appear to be easy, even in a Wench costume.
Oh, the fridge broke down. Saturday I defrosted it, by the procedure of switching it off and leaving it open and empty while I went to the supermarket. When I switched it back on, the freezer got cold but the fridge didn’t; now nothing does but the light goes on. I assume the fluid leaked out through a bad valve or joint. Of course I couldn’t tell the owned until yesterday; she doesn’t want to come with the repairman for respect to my privady and my working hours suck. So I bought one of those small fridges you can even carry in your car… at least I know that having bought-or-Saturday eggs out of the fridge for a couple days won’t kill me, but I’m real happy I decided not to get any frozen stuff!
You know how one of the effects of old age is that you become a barometer. For some people, it’s a bad knee or the hip… for me, it’s the brain and the ears. My brain just wantsta go back to bed and wait for the world to be back to normal, when the pressure is low (even if it’s sunny); my equilibrium goes all kind of wonky. I’d hate it, but I can’t work up the energy. If y’all will excuse me, I’ll preventively go get myself off the lawn of those Mummers who’ve barometrized longer than me.
By zpelin’s gut, bud by typing SUCKS. Sorry.
Tarra - I’m the one with the diversion sign…'cos I is diverting, so I is.
Drae - how’s the new job going? It might not be perfect but at least it’s money, right?
Lili and Hank - hope you have fun together and it’s the kind of fun that doesn’t involve barfing. Actually, shouldn’t there be a spare husband to do that for you?
Am rushing a bit to catch up with Page 2 so appropriate hugs, boos, yays and whatevers to everyone…I’ll try and be more personal tomorrow!
Morning everyone! It’s supposed to be a scorcher today. I’m taking Maggie to the dog park early, then hiding in the apartment rest of the day.
Roo 80 would be “cold” to me right now.
Nava, do you knife lady’s phone number? I had the same problem wiht the fridge a few years ago. The repair guy kept claiming it was “fixed”, so I was fridge less for 3 weeks. I got an old working one when the warranty ran out.
Haze, glad you survived.
This is what a crazy cat lady house looks like. Check out the video.
[Elton John]
The Bitch Is baaa-aack…
[/Elton John]
My cyberstalker has crawled out from under her rock, and is trying to make nice once again. I may have to drop my membership from that other board altogether.
:rolleyes: X 10[sup]21[/sup]
ETA: SCL, I think it’s time you superglued LOUNE’s pecker to his thigh…
I saw this and thought, “When did Robert Plant get fat?”
(zpelin ==> zeppelin ==> Led Zeppelin)
Well, the gut of anybody linked to Led Zepplin would probably be pretty heavy 
The landlady has just called me to tell me the repair guy can go tomorrow and to drop the keys off at the agency. Apparently french repairmen (or at least this one) take their warranty periods seriously. Plus this lady owns several rental apartments and houses, so I’m sure it’s in his best interests to make her happy.
Morning, everyone. Glad you landed safely, Haze. See you Wednesday!
Dotty, that’s so sad. Leaving five children- how old are they?
I need tea.
Funny you should mention Billy Joel and that song. I was apparently dreaming about that song last night and when I heard the line “making love to his tonic and gin” in my dream I said “I guess he’s drinking a ‘sloe gin jizz’.” and I woke up and said to myself “hey, that’s kinda funny I have to remember that when I get up in the morning” and I did!
Sorry, now that song will never be the same for you all … not to mention gin and tonics. I’m glad I don’t drink them.
I went to an ophthalmologist this morning. Had to get up at the asscrack of dawn for a 7:30 am appointment. The ophthalmologist just confirmed what the optometrist told me I had and said to keep using the meds the optometrist prescribed. The only thing new I learned from him is that my left pupil is shaped funny now from scarring and adhesions which will hopefully go away as it heals. It’s only noticeable because my pupils are dilated by one of the meds, if they were still constricted it wouldn’t be noticeable. The left pupil sits higher in my iris and is somewhat elongated. To me it looks a little like a goat’s pupil. Oh well, it’s kinda fun freaking people out. Someone at work called me Mad Eye Moody. I protested that as of now my eye doesn’t spin around in my socket.
Lili, the youngest is a 6-year old girl and the oldest a 15-year old boy. I guess his childhood is finished now.